Equipment
Bourbon Wins FLOATGEN Mooring Installation Job
French offshore services provider Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France at the experimental test site of SEM-REV managed by Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN), in the context of European project FLOATGEN. FLOATGEN is a wind turbine
ION wins grant to help develop offshore operations management software
U.S.-based ION Geophysical Corporation has been given a grant by the Scottish Enterprise (SE) for the company’s £1.5 million-worth ($1.93 million) Marlin software development program. ION said on Wednesday that SE’s £522,984 ($673,230) grant would be distributed over 15 months. The company added tha
Dover Western Docks Revival Scheme Progresses
Port of Dover has just announced that the work is now underway to prepare the harbor for the piling and land reclamation phase of the port’s flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development. Currently, dredging activity is in operation to remove soft sediments in the harbor prior to the pilin
C-Kore Assists in North Sea Umbilicals Setup
C-Kore Systems have verified the installation of 3 new umbilicals in the North Sea for an undisclosed oil company. The field is one of the biggest subsea projects being developed in the UK sector of the North Sea, the company noted. The patented C-Kore subsea testing tools were used both to prove ca
Van Wijngaarden Expands Its Fleet with New Damen Shoalbuster
Van Wijngaarden Marine Services B.V. is expanding its fleet with new Damen Shoalbuster 3512 – the Lingestroom. “The 3512 combines a bollard pull of 55 tonnes with a deck area totaling 145 m²; enough space for seven 20 ft and two 10 ft containers, and an 11.3 tonnes @ 16.5 m deck crane, making it a [
TechnipFMC Posts $191M Profit
TechnipFMC has reported first-quarter 2017 net income of $190.8 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.41. Excluding charges and credits of $193.5 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, adjusted diluted earnings per share were $0.71. Total company operating profit was $379.7 million, with adjust
Siemens Subsea Axes More Jobs at Ulverston
Siemens has said it plans further job reductions at the Siemens Subsea business in Ulverston. This is part of a global reduction affecting the Siemens Subsea businesses in Norway, USA and Brazil. Siemens Subsea, which manufactures subsea connector and measurement technology, has experienced low cust
Work in Progress for Second Galloper Export Cable Landing
The final phase of Galloper construction work at Sizewell beach has been reported well underway with the team preparing for the installation of the second and final export cable for the offshore wind farm. The cable will bring the power generated from the offshore wind farm to the onshore substation
GE and Halvorsen to provide equipment for Johan Castberg project
A consortium of GE and Norway’s Halvorsen has been awarded a contract for the provision of a seawater sulfate removal system for the Johan Castberg project off Norway. GE said on Tuesday that the contract was awarded by the Norwegian oil major Statoil and would be executed by GE Water & Process Tech
Van Oord Orders SMD Trencher
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has secured a contract with Van Oord for the manufacture and delivery of a QTrencher 1600. This contract follows the deployment of SMD’s QTrencher 1400 on Van Oord’s Gemini Wind Farm. Scheduled for delivery in Q1 2018, the trenching machine will be supplied with an SMD de
Scottish Politicians Tour ACE Winches HQ
ACE Winches, a deck machinery specialists and equipment provider for subsea industry, welcomed Peter Chapman, MSP and 10 local councillors to its global headquarters in Turriff, Aberdeenshire Ahead of the local elections next month, the company opened its doors to local councillors and had the oppor
GE, Halvorsen TEC Secure Johan Castberg Order from Statoil
Statoil has selected a consortium led by GE Water & Process Technologies and Halvorsen TEC to supply a complete seawater sulfate removal unit (SRU) for production wells in Statoil’s Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea. The Johan Castberg project is situated about 100 kilometers north of the Sn
Soil Machine Dynamics, Van Oord Sign QTrencher Deal
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) today signed a contract with Van Oord for the manufacture and delivery of a QTrencher 1600. Scheduled for delivery in Q1 2018, the high power trenching machine will be supplied with an SMD designed umbilical winch, along with jetting and mechanical cutting tools to ta
TSHD Severnaya Dvina Busy in Arkhangelsk Port
Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Rosmorport has just announced that the Arkhangelsk Port dredging program is officially underway. During this dredging scheme, undertaken with the Damen built Ice class trailing suction hopper dredger Severnaya Dvina, around 1.7 million cubic meters of material